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The Gift (Sermon from Dec 28, 2008)
The Gift
Romans 5:1-9 (NIV)
1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, [...]
Noah the Musical
Friday night we celebrated our anniversary by attending Noah the Musical at Bransons Sight and Sound theatre. To say the least I was impressed. What a great presentation of one of my favorite Bible stories. Based upon a brief section of scripture I felt they did an excellent job of telling the story while staying true [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Well, at least I know they were listening
Yesterday was Fathers day and it was my turn to preach. Ken had just started a series the week before on Elijah, and so I spent the week trying to figure out how to connect Elijah to a Fathers day message. My text was 1 Kings 17:7-24, where Elijah is fed by Ravens, drinks from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The Amazing Race of Joyce Iman
The Text of my message for Joyces’ “Life Celebration”
The Amazing Race of Joyce Iman
A celebration of her life
July 11, 2007
Last November I received the following email from Joyce: Nov 7, 2006 at 2:33 pm Be sure you check the News Tribune today. There is a thumbnail picture of me on the front page and then I’m [...]
To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain
It’s the middle of the night but we can’t sleep. At 12:30 the phone rang and you know when that happens it isn’t going to be good news. Our dear friend Gary was calling to let us know that his wife Joyce had just passed away. Joyce had fought a very tough battle for the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Reunion
My wife and I spent the weekend at a reunion for our Alma mater, MSE – Midwestern School of Evangelism in Ottumwa Iowa. What a great time we had reminiscing with friends we haven’t seen in many years, in some cases 30 years have passed. That’s hard to believe – as one of our good [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )There’s a Bomb on Your Bus!
I read a story once about a young man who was preaching for his first church and they had a marquee out front that he could post the title of his sermon on. One week early in his ministry his college professor had stopped by to hear him preach. Everything was fine with the sermon [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )Lost in Worship
Have you ever found your self, “Lost in Worship”? I don’t know if that is a correct phrase or not, but by it I mean so engulfed with worshipping your creator you lose sense of everything else around you. It happened to me this morning, and what an experience. I hate to admit it but [...]
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